Topic areas

Between 2019 and 2024, researchers published roughly
96,000
English-language articles on chip design and fabrication
The global chip design and fabrication literature grew
-58%
between 2019 and 2024
Articles on chip design and fabrication made up
<1%
of articles across all fields
Authors from private companies contributed to
7%
of chip design and fabrication articles
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Data last updated August 11, 2026.

Vital signs

  1. 95,729
  2. -58%
  3. <1%

Yearly global chip design and fabrication research

Citation impact

  1. 3
  2. 12

Countries

  1. 13%
  2. 22%
  3. 14%

Chip design and fabrication research over time

Country Articles
(2019-2024)
Growth
(2019-2024)
Global share
(2019-2024)
Citations per article
(2019-2024)
China 20,786 -25% 22% 2.5
United States 12,187 -53% 13% 3.9
India 11,906 -60% 12% 3.1

Top-cited articles

Research organizations

  • #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
  • #2 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (China)
  • #3 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
Organization Articles
(2019-2024)
Citations per article
(2019-2024)
Country
Chinese Academy of Sciences 748 7.7 China
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 610 4.7 China
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 522 5.2 France

Patents and industry

  1. 2%
  2. 2%
  3. 7%

Top industry organizations by publication count

Company Articles (2019-2024) Citations per article
(2019-2024)
Country
Samsung 275 8.1 South Korea
STMicroelectronics 238 3.5 Switzerland
Intel 154 10.1 United States
Research subject classifications are based on work supported in part by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation under Grant No. G-2023-22358. For details on our sourcing, methodology, and limitations, see the tool documentation.